Roller-bearing.



IVI.. 0. REEVES, D.. E. LEWELLEN @L L. P. EVERRAD. ROLLER BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED Dim-2. 19|5.

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ROLLER BEARING.

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MLTON O. REEVES, DARC/Y E. LEWELLEN, AND LENNIOUS P. EVERROAD, OF CLUMBUS, INBIANA, ASSIGNES IO REEVES PULLEY COMPANY, 0F COLUMBUS, ITDLKN, A

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' Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Aue. 29, 1916.

Application lcdkDecember 2, 1915. Serial No. 64,612.

To ZZ 107mm may concern l Be it known that we, lvlnrroiv 0. Reeves, Darcy E. LnwnLLnN, and LnNNieUs l). Evniuzoan, citizens of the United `States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Bartholomew and State of lndiana. have invented a new yand useful Roller-Bearing, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of our present invention to provide a roller bearing which can be constructed cheaply with a body of cast iron, which is well lubricated and self-cleaning', which permits the ready assembling of the parts, and which is adapted for easy mounting in thel hanger.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention.

Figure 1` -is a vertical axial section through a roller bearing embodying the preferred form or' our invention, being' taken on the line 1-71 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a section on the line of Fig. 1, with two of the rollers also in section in order to show their construction; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4t is a'viei(77 similar to Fig. 1, showing a slightly modified form of our invention; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. fl; and Fig. 6 is a view of the upper half of the bearing cage in the modiication shown in Fig. 1.

The bearing casing comprises upper and lower mating main `members 10 and 11 which are provided near one end with spaced inwardly projectingiianges 12 and 13 extending inward nearly to the shaft 14 and providing a chamber 15 between them, for minimizing the loss of lubricant along the shaft. Att the other end, the members 10 and 11 arejvopen, so that their inte-rior surface 16 may be drilled from such end to.

provide a smooth wall for the roller chamber. The ends of the members 10 and 11 are .machined to form an annular groove 17 and an aiiiallyvprojecting flange 18 around the outer edgeof such groove, and mating semiannular end members 19 having inwardly projecting` ianges 20 and 21 and a chamber 22 corresponding to the iianges 12 and 13 and the chamber 1.)' are together provided with an annular tongue 23 which may iit into the annular groove 17. When the end members 19 are put in place with the tongue 23 in the groove 17, the projecting edge of the 'ange' may be peened over an annu- Y bolts 25 at this end are placed nearer'the center vont the bearing, and partly in line Awith the roller chamber, which is permitted by the inwardly projecting iiange 12, which may be thickened around the bolt holes as shown in `Fig. 2, thus enabling,- the outward projection of the bosses 26 around the bolts at this end of the bearing to be suiliciently i small so as not to interfere with the endwise insertion of the bearing as a unit into the hanger, as is clear from Fig. 2. The members 10 and 11 may be provided with any desired form'of mounting, beingl shown as provided with standard recesses 27 for a hanger mounting. By this construction, a roller chamber is provided withoutexces sive machining, for the parts 10, 11, and 1Q may he made oi cast iron and the inner surface 16 of the members 10 and 11 and the inner edges of the 'flanges 12, 13, 20, and 21 may all be formed by drilling, and the annular grooveyl? and annular tongue 23 may be formed by very simple and inexpensive lathe work.

The inner surface 1G of the members 10 and 11 and the inner faces of the flanges 12 and 20, in cooperation with the shaft 14, form the chamber for the rollers. These rollers consist or' tubes 30, longitudinally through which extend wires 31, which are conside ably smaller than the interiors of the tubes 30. The spaces between the wires and the inner surfaces of the tubular rollers may be empty spaces, as 1n the arrangement shown in Figs. It', 2, and 3, or they may be lled with a layer of felt 32, as in A the arrangement shown in Figs. 41 and 5.

' rollers 30 may extend practically the full length of the vroller chamber, or nearly the full distance between the flanges 12 and 20, as illustrated in Fig. 1; -but we have found that the use of but one set of rollers, especially in long bearings, tends to produce corrugation of the shaft, and we therefore prefer to provide a plurality of independent groups of rollers, with the rollers of each group extending but a part of the length of the roller chamber, as in the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, where two groups of rollers are illustrated. y Each group of rollers, whether there be one or more groups', is mounted in a cage, conveniently made in two parts for convenience in assembling..

Each of these parts comprises arc-shaped end'members' connected by bars 3G, the arc-shaped end members being at the ends of the group or groups of rollers, andthe bars 36 lie between the rollers. The dividing line between the two parts ofthe cage may be a diametrical lin'e, asin the arrange.- ment shown in Fig. 3, thus making the two cage parts identical, or may be slightly re moved from the diameter, as in the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, thus making the two cage parts slightly dierent. The number of rollers which lie in the pockets between the bars 36 is not essential, a single roller being'shown in the lowest pocket in the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, and two rollers in each of the other pockets. The wires 31 which extend axially throughthe rollers preferably pass through holes 37 in the arcshaped members 35 and are riveted thereto,

to prevent the rollers from dropping out inV assembling or when thecage or cages are b removed. The length of the roller chamber is substantially filled b-y the rollers and their cage or cages, whether -one or more groups of rollers be used. v

Lubricant is supplied through covered lubricant cups 40 near the ends of the upper main bearing member 10. This lubricant passes into the roller chamber and works around, along, and into the rollers. The lubricant which works into the rollers through the holes 33 is absorbed by the felt layers 32 when su'ch are used, and carried thereby along the` rollers to other holes 33, passing out through these other holes to the exterior surfaces of the rollers.| Any dirt or grit which gets into the bearing is likewise worked along'the rollers to wells 41 near the ends and at the bottom of the lower main bearing member 11, which` wells rare provided with removable caps 42 (Fig.

4) or removable plugs '43 1) for permitting cleaning. Loss of the lubricant in the roller chamber is largely prevented by the flanges 12, 13, 20, and 21. The flanges 12 and 20 are preferably notched at the bottom to permit any lubricant which gets into the chambers 15 and 22 to return to are provided with hinged caps 44, which are preferably provided with depending projections 45 of an inverted cone shape whereby any lubricant which splashes up from the roller chamber into the cups 40 strikes such projections 45 and trickles down the sides of such projections to the points of the cones arid then drops back into the roller cham-ber through lthe holes which connect such chamber with the cups 40.

We claim as our invention:

1. A roller bearing, comprising two mating main members provided at one end with flanges projecting inwardly toward the shaft and open at the other end so that the interior surface of such members may be formed by a drill inserted through such open end, and mating end members also provided with -inwardly projecting flanges, said end members being mounted on the first two members at the open end thereof, said end members and said first two members being provided with a cooperating annular tongue and groove for relatively positioning them.

2. A roller bearing, comprising two matin'g main lnembers provided at one end with flanges projecting inwardly toward thc shaft and open at the other end so that the interior surface of such members may be `formed by a drill inserted through such open end, and mating end members also provided with inwardly projecting flanges, said end members being mounted on the first two members at the open end thereof, said end members and: said first two memers being provided with a coperative annular tongue and groove for relatively positioning them, said first two members being provided at their open end with an'axially projecting annular flange extending over the end member. and the end members being provided wit a shoulder overwhich the edge of said annular flange may be pcened.

3. A roller bearing, comprising two mating main members provided at one end with flanges projecting inwardly toward the shaft and open at the other end so that the interior surface of such members may beformed by a drill inserted through such open end, and mating end members also provided with inwardly projecting flanges, said end members being mounted on thc first two members at the open end thereof', said first two members being provided at their open end with an axially projecting annular flange extending over the end members, and the end members being provided with a shoulder over which the edge of said annular flange may be pcened.

4. A roller bearing, comprising a plural- 'ity of tubular rollers, a cage in which the rollers are loosely carried, wires extending amally through the rollers and fastened ico the roller chamber. The lubricant cups 40 to the cage to hold the rollers in the cage 189 musees when the cage is removed, said wires being spaced from the interior surfaces of the rollers, and the rollers being slightly circumferentially movable in said cage and layers of felt surrounding such wires and located within the rollers A roller hearing, comprising a plurality of tubular rollers, a cage in which the rollers are loosely carried, wires extending axially through the rollers and fastened to the cage to hold the rollers in the cage when the cage is removed, said tubular rollers being slightly circumferentially movable in said rage an provided with transverse holes connecting their inner and outer surfaces.

6. A roller bearing, comprising a plurality of tubular rollers, a cage in which the rollers are loosely carried, wires extending axially through the rollers and fastened to the cage to hold the rollers in the cage when the cage is removed, said wires being spaced from the interior surfaces of the rollers and the rollers being slightly circumferentially movable in said cage, and layers of felt surrounding such wires and located within the rollers, said tubular rollers being provided rwith transverse holes connecting their inner and. outer surfaces.

7. A roller bearing, comprising a plurality of tubular rollers, a cage in which the rollers are loosely carried, wires extending laxially through the rollers and fastened to the cage to "hold the rollers in the cage when the cage is removed., said wires beine' spaced tromthe interior surfaces of the roers and the rollers being slightly' circumferentially movable in said cage, and layers of felt surrounding such wires and located within the rollers, said tubular rollersbeing provided with transverse holes connecting their inner and outer surfaces, and a main casing structure surrounding said rollers and provided on its under side with a dirt-receiving well into which the rollers work dirt and grit which may get into the bearing.

8. A roller bearing, comprising two mating main members provided at one end with 'flanges projecting inwardly toward the shaft and open at the other end so that the interior surface of such members may7 be formed by a drill inserted through such open end, and mating end members also provided with inwardly projecting flanges, said end members being mounted on the first two members at the open end thereof.r said end members and said first 'two members being provided with a cooperating annularvided with inwardly projecting flanges. said end members being mounted on the irst two members at the open end thereof, said first two members beiner provided at tlreii. open end with an axially projecting annular lange extending over the end members.

In witness whereof', we have'hercunto set our hands at Columbus, Indiana, this 27th day of November, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and fteen.

MLTUN ,0. REEVES. DARCY E. LEWELLEN. LENIOUS l. EVERROAD.

Witnesses C. TYRRELL, J No. J EWELL. 

